anatomy and physiology
NEED FOR NUTRITION
PREGNANT & LACTATING WOMEN
1/20/2014
Jennell Attidore, Patricka Gibson, Helena Scotland
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION W.H.O. gave the definition for nutrition as the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs. They also defined good nutrition and poor nutrition; good nutrition is an adequate, well balanced diet combined with regular physical activity and is a cornerstone of good health. Poor nutrition can lead to reduced immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development, and reduced productivity. During the stages of pregnancy the mother body begins to change and adapt to the growing fetus. At the first trimester the mother experiences symptoms i.e. nausea and vomiting and increase in weight and breast size. Careful attention should be paid to the mother’s food habits and nutritional status because it is at this trimester the brain, arms. Legs and internal organs of the fetus begin to form. In the second trimester, the woman’s pregnancy becomes visible, her heart rate and blood rate increases. In the third trimester, the fetal organs mature. During pregnancy the nutritional requirements vary; different amounts of nutrients and calories are needed to sustain both the mother and the developing fetus. The woman should have a well balanced diet with increase in all the essential nutrients
In this assignment we discuss the nutritional needs for a pregnant woman, why nutrition is important at this time, the amount of calories and protein they need, factors that can prevent them from consuming proper nutrition, and
A basic menu for a pregnant woman.
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN: When women become pregnant their nutritional needs change and somewhat differs from what their normal nutritional needs would have been when they were not pregnant. There becomes an increase demand
PREGNANT & LACTATING WOMEN
1/20/2014
Jennell Attidore, Patricka Gibson, Helena Scotland
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION W.H.O. gave the definition for nutrition as the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs. They also defined good nutrition and poor nutrition; good nutrition is an adequate, well balanced diet combined with regular physical activity and is a cornerstone of good health. Poor nutrition can lead to reduced immunity, increased susceptibility to disease, impaired physical and mental development, and reduced productivity. During the stages of pregnancy the mother body begins to change and adapt to the growing fetus. At the first trimester the mother experiences symptoms i.e. nausea and vomiting and increase in weight and breast size. Careful attention should be paid to the mother’s food habits and nutritional status because it is at this trimester the brain, arms. Legs and internal organs of the fetus begin to form. In the second trimester, the woman’s pregnancy becomes visible, her heart rate and blood rate increases. In the third trimester, the fetal organs mature. During pregnancy the nutritional requirements vary; different amounts of nutrients and calories are needed to sustain both the mother and the developing fetus. The woman should have a well balanced diet with increase in all the essential nutrients
In this assignment we discuss the nutritional needs for a pregnant woman, why nutrition is important at this time, the amount of calories and protein they need, factors that can prevent them from consuming proper nutrition, and
A basic menu for a pregnant woman.
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FOR PREGNANT WOMEN: When women become pregnant their nutritional needs change and somewhat differs from what their normal nutritional needs would have been when they were not pregnant. There becomes an increase demand
Bibliography: http://www.slideshare.net/nutritionistrepublic/nutrition-during-pregnancy-and-lactation#btnNext http://www.who.int/topics/nutrition/en/ http://www.slideshare.net/nutritionistrepublic/diet-suggestion-during-pregnancy-and-lactation